The first international electoral school “Elections in the Digital Age” conducted work in Issyk-Kul. This was reported at the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly (IPA). The action was held as part of the Issyk-Kul Electoral Forum.
The school was organized by the International Institute for Monitoring the Development of Democracy, Parliamentarism and Respect for the Electoral Rights of Citizens of the IPA member states, its Bishkek branch and the Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn.
More than 40 students representing Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhov, Bishkek State University named after K. Karasaev, Issyk-Kul State University named after K. Tynystanov, Kyrgyz National University named after J. Balasagyn, Osh State University and Saratov State Law Academy took part in the educational project. They listened to lectures by teachers, and also spoke at the second meeting of the Tavrichesky youth discussion club on the topic “Elections in the Digital Age: Electoral sovereignty vs open Information Society”. In parallel, the students of the school performed independent tasks dedicated to monitoring remote electronic voting.
According to the Secretary General of the IPA CIS Council Dmitry Kobitsky, the Youth Electoral School is conceived as a region-wide integration platform. It is designed to encourage young people to participate more actively in the democratic development of the CIS space.
A source: https://e-cis.info/news/566/110165/
